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Krones’ founding father Hermann Kronseder has died aged 85

12.07.2010 - Dr.-Ing. E. h. Hermann Kronseder died in his own home near Regensburg on 9 July 2010. He was 85 years old. The founding father of Krones AG was frequently, almost up to the very end, to be found at the group’s headquarters in Neutraubling. Hermann Kronseder came from a family of craftsmen in the...

M-Base: CAMPUS now avaibale in Portuguese language

12.07.2010 - CAMPUS is a neutral plastics information system managed and driven by the resin producers. CAMPUS datasheets include all relevant data for the selection of plastics, including valuable multipoint graphs, chemical resistance information, long term properties and many more. In order to serve the international...

Rapid exits restructuring process, holds positive future outlook

07.07.2010 - Rapid Granulator AB announced that it has successfully completed the restructuring process which the company began in October 2009. This restructuring process which only affected Rapid’s Swedish operation provided for protection against old debts under Swedish law while allowing it to continue normal...

Dow Europe: Price Increases for PRIMACOR™ Copolymers

06.07.2010 - Effective July 15th, 2010, or as contract terms allow, Dow Europe GmbH will increase prices for all its PRIMACOR™ copolymers by 100 Euro per metric ton across the European, Middle Eastern and African region. PRIMACOR™ copolymers are high–performance thermoplastic adhesives that add flexibility and...

ICM: 10th Int. Electronics Recycling Congress - Call for papers

06.07.2010 - The 10th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2011 will take place from January 19 - 21, 2011 in Salzburg, Austria. Over 450 experts from industry, authorities and academia will discuss and present the newest information and challenges of the WEEE recycling business. The preliminary...

Borealis: Borouge signs major contracts valued at US$ 2.6 billion to advance its strategic expansion

05.07.2010 - Borouge, a joint-venture between the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), one of the world´s major oil companies, and Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, formally signed three major Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts valued at approximately...

BASF to grow Plastic Additives in the Middle East

02.07.2010 - BASF and Astra Polymer Compounding Co., Ltd., Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have decided to discontinue plans for a joint venture to produce customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in the Middle East Region. The joint venture plans were based on an agreement between Astra Polymer and the Plastic Additives...

Altana: Annual General Meeting passes 'squeeze out' resolution

02.07.2010 - At the company’s Annual General Meeting in Duisburg the shareholders of the specialty chemicals Group ALTANA AG have approved the transfer of the remaining shares to the company’s main shareholder SKion GmbH. As of February 2, 2010, SKion holds 95.04 percent of the shares in ALTANA. Once the so called...

LANXESS: Expansion of plasticizer production in Uerdingen

02.07.2010 - Specialty chemicals group LANXESS is expanding the capacity for its premium products in the Mesamoll range, amid growing demand for these phthalate-free plasticizers. A mid-single-digit amount in million euros is being invested in expanding production facilities in Krefeld-Uerdingen by 40 percent. As...

Borealis: Long-term commitment to production site in Porvoo/Finnland

01.07.2010 - Borealis is going to strengthen its long-term commitment to the production site in Porvoo, Finland by a 10 year contract with Neste Oil to supply feedstock and further investment in the site’s innovation capabilities. As Borealis announces the contract with Neste Oil covers all feedstock and product...

Mold-Masters: Hotset licenses heater technology

30.06.2010 - As part of their ongoing co-operation, Mold-Masters has licensed Hotset US Patent 7,377,768 for use in their products. This patent allows Hotset to continue to market their products containing integrated heater element and thermocouple circuits in a removable heater sleeve. Terms of the license agreement...

Arburg: New structure in Austria

30.06.2010 - Since June this year, Arburg has been represented by a fully-owned organisation in the Austrian market. The headquarters is located in Vienna, but the sales and service personnel work in the field. They thus not only have direct contact to their respective customers in the Alpine republic, but are also...

LANXESS launches series of Rubber Days

30.06.2010 - German specialty chemicals company LANXESS is launching a series of international rubber conferences. The kick-off event is the rubber conference in Macau, China, on June 28 and 29, 2010. Similar conferences will then be held in Brazil and India in September and December. "In Asia and Latin America,...

LANXESS increases prices for hydrazine hydrate

29.06.2010 - Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is to increase prices worldwide for its hydrazine hydrate, Levoxin and dihydrazine product groups by 10 percent, effective July 1, 2010. These price increases are made necessary by the strong rise in raw material costs along with more expensive energy and logistics...

Evonik: PPA for composites

29.06.2010 - In the production of composite parts, the use of thermoplastic matrices, as opposed to conventional thermosetting matrices, leads to signifycantly reduced cycle times. For this process, Evonik Industries of Essen, Germany, now offers the polyphthalamide VESTAMID® HTplus as powder, granulate, or film....

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